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Why doesn't the USA let a Standards Institution define a standard whether midnight is 12:00 a.m. or 12:00 p.m. to solve this problem permanently?
by wolfgke 15y ago
Why doesn't the USA let a Standards Institution define a standard whether midnight is 12:00 a.m. or 12:00 p.m. to solve this problem permanently?
- bricestacey 15y agoMidnight is obviously 12:00am, but people don't know which day it belongs to. Is midnight the start of the day? Or the end of the day? Tuesday 12:00am could be 2 different times (spaced 24 hours apart) depending on your interpretation. If you say 12:01am, there is no ambiguity. A lot of people in high school probably ignored their math teacher when he explained open/closed intervals.